Tag: Lawyers
You can now be frozen after death in Australia. If you get revived in the future, will you still legally be the same person?
For the first time, a person has been cryopreserved in Australia, in the hope of being reanimated in the future. The process opens up a possible legal minefield, however.
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3 Jun, 09:00 PM
Like being ‘slapped’ or ‘kicked’: judicial bullying is a problem in Australian courtrooms
Long a taboo subject within the profession, judges or magistrates bullying lawyers continues to be a problem in courtrooms, and more needs to be done to stamp it out.
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15 May, 09:00 PM
AI is creating fake legal cases and making its way into real courtrooms, with disastrous results
Generative AI can be a useful tool, but it can also create inaccurate information. Here’s how to safeguard Australian courts against fake cases, like we’ve already seen overseas.
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12 Mar, 08:00 PM
Ending legal aid for cultural reports at sentencing may only make court hearings longer and costlier
The right to a fair trial means cutting the funding of cultural reports will simply shift the burden. Lawyers will find other ways to put the same information before a judge.
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15 Feb, 12:00 AM